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We serve you with LIVE ONLINE, IN PERSON, HYBRID IN PERSON and ON DEMAND classes.
Specialty Class Offerings
Healthy Moms,
Healthy Babies:
A Group for Women of Color
Free Postpartum Support of Virginia meets virtually on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month. Click here to register!
New Planning Feature!
Wondering when to register? Ideally, you will want to finish your class 4-6 weeks before your due date. We keep our class sizes small to better serve you. To help you know when to register, we will update the spaces available if 3 or fewer slots remain.
All of our Lamaze childbirth classes have Accessibility Resources to supplement your instruction at home! Get details here or ask your instructor for more information.
Sibling Class Special: Buy one, get one half price! If you and a friend both have a baby on the way, why not have your older siblings take this class together? Register normally, but select "Sibling Friends" for special rate of class fee.
Boot Camp for New Dads
During a 3-hour workshop, "Rookie" dads-to-be talk to "Veteran" new dads (with their babies) about what the first months of fatherhood are really like. (Yes, there's one for moms, too!)
SUPER-DUPER SIBLINGS!
Prepare your first-born for the new family member. They will learn all about babies and get a package in the mail: a baby bid to decorate and a super hero mask and cape. Now they're ready to be a super sibling!
DC Chapter of Lamaze International
Prepared Childbirth Lamaze Class
The main focus of this interactive class is to prepare you and your partner for a positive childbirth experience with practical pain management skills, focusing on breathing, relaxation, massage and comfort measures.
More about Lamaze Prepared for Childbirth classes
What You'll Learn:
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Anatomy and physiology
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Discomforts of pregnancy in the third trimester
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Danger/warning signs in the third trimester
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Signs of labor
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Stages of labor
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History of Lamaze
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Breathing
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Relaxation
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Massage and comfort techniques
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Labor partner’s role
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Routine hospital procedures
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Creating a birth plan
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Medications and epidurals
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Cesarean birth
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Pushing
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Postpartum
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Newborn appearance and procedures
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Labor rehearsal
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Birth Videos
Class Options
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Weekly series
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Weekend series (2 sessions)
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Weekend one-day Express Class (1 session)
*All Class Options Provide the Same Content*
$160 – $200 for you and one partner (Fees vary by location)
$25 for additional partner